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Council moves a step closer to approving Jokowi's resignation
Council speaker Prasetio Edi Marsudi said the City Council had approved president-elect and current Jakarta Governor Joko âJokowiâ Widodoâs resignation
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ouncil speaker Prasetio Edi Marsudi said the City Council had approved president-elect and current Jakarta Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's resignation.
Prasetio, a legislator from the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said on Tuesday that a Council leadership meeting, which was attended by most faction leaders, had decided to issue the approval during a plenary session on Thursday.
'We will read out the conclusion of today's meeting during a plenary session on Oct. 2. Today's meeting was attended by [leaders of] the PDI-P, the Democratic Party, PAN [National Mandate Party], PKS [Prosperous Justice Party], Hanura, Nasdem and the PKB [National Awakening Party]. The [leaders of] the PPP [United Development Party], Gerindra and Golkar did not attend the meeting,' Prasetio said.
He was optimistic that the resignation would be approved by the plenary meeting members.
'Today's meeting reached quorum, so there should be no problem approving the resignation during the next plenary session,' he said.
Jokowi declined to comment, saying that the resignation had yet to be finalized.
'We still have to submit it to the President via the home minister,' he said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, who is set to become governor, said he would waste no time expediting bureaucratic reform programs within the city administration.
'I will remove some [agency heads] once I assume the governor post,' he said, declining to elaborate further. (++++)
